10 AEW Wrestlers Who Are Almost Unrecognisable Since Debuting

2. Nick Comoroto

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Nick Comoroto was wild enough to volunteer himself for losses against Darby Allin, Will Hobbs and Team Taz in 2020 before losing via referee's decision to Jon Moxley in January 2021.

As far as Dark/Dynamite jobber lore, that wasn't bad, and felt like yet another fairly elegant long-term story from a company that had excelled at them for much of their first two years. Unfortunately, the size, stature, quasi-straitjacket entrance attire and fantastic hair didn't propel him beyond looking at the lights in the empty arena era, so he tweaked his aesthetic to try and mesh with the mafia-adjacent aspect of his new relationship with QT Marshall.

After a brief run as a funny hat-wearing heavy of Marshall's dodgy Tony Soprano bit, Comoroto has embraced his inner clown, trimmed the wild and bushy beard (though looks the type to grow the whole thing back with little more than a sneeze) and sucks on lollipops between being asked to go by 'Nicky Boy' in his new home Ring Of Honor.

It's not quite as terrifying-looking, but his work on the show thus far suggests it's best to not judge this book by the new cover.

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